Get Organized with this Wooden DIY Drawer Organizer

Who made a New Year’s resolution to get more organized? Me! Every year I try and tackle something new! This year I decided it was time to tackle my bathroom drawers! One thing I have learned the hard way is that if you don’t have a place for everything, and everything doesn’t have a place, you will never stay truly organized! With that being said it was time to find a good drawer organizer!

Organization is definitely something I struggle with. When we first moved in I bought plastic kitchen silverware organizers. Unfortunately, my bathroom drawers were bigger than the organizer and I ended up with an overflow of mess. I searched online for adjustable drawer organizer and found these three choices that would definitely work for my drawers but, of course I needed to explore a d0-it-yourself option before making the purchase.This post contains affiliate links. If you buy something from clicking one of my links, I will get a commission from the sale. It will not cost you a penny more and allows me to keep sharing my ideas with you for free. You can see my full disclosure here. Thank you for supporting my blog!

This is how I shop for a project idea. I head to Home Depot (or wherever) and I start with the material ideas I have in my head. Then I roam… Yes, roam! For my drawer organizer I knew I wanted thin wood pieces. I started with lattice pieces that I had used before on my Map Drawer Dresser. It would work fine, but was a little pricey for the number of drawers I wanted to do. Then I looked at poplar wood strips, those were cheaper. That’s when the roaming began. Let’s see, what other projects might use thin wood pieces? I headed to the deck section and there they were, long thin wood strips…. 8ft strips for 97 cents! Winner! You will have to be careful when choosing your boards, some of the ones I looked at were warped.

Diva Tip: The box is easier to put together if you glue and clamp the outside box first until it dries.

Step 11) Glue the insides of your box together by starting on one side and working your way to the other. (For the drawer organizer above I cut 2 x 16 5/16″, 4 x 3 6/16″, 1 x 3 7/8, 1 x 8″).

Step 12) Clamp the drawer organizer in several places and allow glue to dry. Notice I placed most of the clamps in places that the entire board went from end to end.

Step 13) Spray paint the drawer organizer in the color of your choice.

I am very excited to have a fresh new start! Having custom made compartments to fit my needs perfectly is going to help me keep things nice and tidy which makes me happy and helps me start my day off right!

Thanks for this! We could use this in our motorhome also! One thing I would change is to add velcro to the long side boards and then small pieces on the cross bars - then you could adjust them however needed...